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NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

LeePublic — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:04:15 GMT

A new plan popped up on PM. It's the 2GB 4G speed plan for $37.50. Says it is for a limited time. Good for low usage consumers but don't want 3G speed.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

computergeek541 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:08:41 GMT

@LeePublic wrote:
A new plan popped up on PM. It's the 2GB 4G speed plan for $37.50. Says it is for a limited time. Good for low usage consumers but don't want 3G speed.

I think that it's a terrible plan. As a consumer, it's good to see a lower priced plan, but I believe that it offers too little for that price.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

LeePublic — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:23:46 GMT

@computergeek541 I agree, this isn't the best plan value wise, but it lowers the 4G speed plan price to make it a bit more accessible. I think it's just introducing another tier, possibly they are testing it out and it may stick around as a permanent option. And this plan was included in the 25% reduction promised by the "Red" party.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

will13am — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:35:21 GMT

This effectively $12.50 for an extra GB of data compared to the ubiquitous $25 plan. When usage is this low, 4G vs 3G speeds is for the most part immaterial.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

LeePublic — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:56:40 GMT

I wish there was a promotion in the $45 range like 10-15 GB with 4G speed. That would make me jump to that plan in a heart beat. I wouldn't mind paying $10 more per month for that type of plan.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

dabr — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:59:49 GMT

@LeePublic That's awful pricing and can't see too many customers jumping to get to this limited time offer.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

computergeek541 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:06:27 GMT

@dabr wrote:
@LeePublic That's awful pricing and can't see too many customers jumping to get to this limited time offer.

a lmited time offer that's worse than the regular offers

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

dabr — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:20:53 GMT

@computergeek541 wrote:
@dabr wrote:
@LeePublic That's awful pricing and can't see too many customers jumping to get to this limited time offer.
a lmited time offer that's worse than the regular offers

Yes, much worse considering the difference is $3.75 for double the data at 4G speeds.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

Metal1967 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:10:55 GMT

Reminds me of the time people used smoke signals…😂😂

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

Pawprints1986 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:44:21 GMT

Instead of offering more pricey 4g plans, why not offer the 3g at a deeper discount ?Right now the 3g plans are equal or very close to prepaid or even "starter" postpaid plans at the mid tier carriers and I think even the top tier offers these

Why not make public as a 3rd tier actually stand out? Say it's limited time to get around crtc

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

tzliu — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:43:57 GMT

@dabr @computergeek541

It is a very simple math done by someone from PM: incremental 2G data for $3.75

$45 6G - $3.75 => $41.25 4G - $3.75 => $37.50 2G.

Unfortunately this person can't figure out that it does not work that way at the lower end of data offering.

Re: NEW 2GB plan with 4G speeds $37.50

esjliv — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:40:33 GMT

Customers will bite at different offerings whether they are a better deal or not sometimes. I feel companies bank on this to happen if they can make it sound like a promo or deal and reel someone in to make the switch.